Admission and selection criteria

Candidates from any country may apply to the Master. However, there are differences between European and Non-European candidates for the application process. In order to clear up the category a student belongs to, we recall that Erasmus Mundus considers as European:

• Students who are nationals of one of the 27 EU Member States: Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, UK, Sweden, Bulgaria, Malta, Poland, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Romania.
  
• Students who are nationals of one of the EEA-EFTA states: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
  
• Students who have resided or carried out their main activities (studies, work, etc.) for more than 12 months over the past five years (counted backward starting from the official deadline for application to the master) in any of the above listed countries.

All other students are considered as Non-European students, including candidates from: Switzerland, Turkey and the Western Balkans region (i.e. Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo under UNSC Resolution 1244/99, FYRoM, Montenegro and Serbia).

The DKMK’s consortium has adopted a single admission procedure, which is administered and managed online. In order to guarantee the best recruitment possible, thus maximising the students' chances of success, the selection procedure is divided in two phases. The first aims to ensure that the candidate has the appropriate profile and required diplomas; it consists of filling in the Application form online and uploading all required documents. The second step is an interview to ascertain whether the candidate shows adequate communication skills. The aim of the interview, in English, is also to identify the most appropriate programme for the shortlisted students. This interview is organised via videoconferencing using standard equipment such as Skype or MSN Live.

Admission criteria: To be eligible to apply for the Master programme DMKM, students must satisfy both the following conditions:

• Be the holder of a Bachelor degree (a minimum of three years' study at a university and corresponding to the equivalent of 180 ECTS) in the fields of Computer Science, Mathematics or Statistics.
• Mastering English at a level equivalent to 550 TOEFL.
  

  In the following table the conversion among different English evaluation systems is reported. The minimum accepted for the European Master DMKM is “TOEFL Paper 550” or equivalent.

  TOEFL Paper	TOEFL Computer	TOEFL iBT	IELTS Equivalent
  625 - 680	263 - 300	113 - 120	7.5 - 9.0
  600	250	100	7.0
  575	232	90 - 91	6.5
  550	213	79 - 80	6.0
  525	196	69 - 70	5.5
  500	173	59 - 60	5.0
  475	152	49 - 50	4.5
  450	133	39 - 40	4.0
  425	113	29 - 30	3.5

  _{If the above list does not mention your test, please upload your certificate of proficiency in English in the application online.}

  ^{Important: Students who have carried out their education programme in English may just send a letter from their university specifying that the education programme language is English.}

  Your TOEFL Centre may ask you the code of our university to send the results. The TOEFL code of the University Lyon 2 is: 6537

  
  GRE is not required.

  
  Academic evaluation criteria of the candidate's curriculum: Evaluation of the academic curriculum of the candidate is based on the following criteria:

  • Quality of the results obtained in the last three years of university study (20 pts);
    
  • Adequacy of knowledge already acquired in the Master’s subjects (10 pts);
    
  • Previous work placements (2 pts);
    
  • Knowledge of foreign languages, excluding  English and the mother language (2 pts);
    
  • Evaluations, made by at least two teachers (or senior researchers) who have known the student, regarding his/her suitability to enroll in a Master programme (5 pts);
    
  • Student's motivations (20 pts).

  Communication evaluation criteria of the candidate interview: Evaluation of the interview is based on the following criteria:

  • Understanding of the English language (4 pts);
    
  • Ability to speak English (4 pts);
    
  • Candidate's motivations to enroll in the Master (8 pts);
    
  • Consistency between the candidate's professional expectations and the goal of the Master (6 pts);
    
  • Match between the candidate's previous knowledge and the content of the Master courses (4 pts);